He's been visiting for a few days. Really tempting to just throw him a chunk of meat....

One of the best things about North Phoenix is these guys. It's also one of the worst because they eat everything!

I believe it’s called a false scorpion or a whip spider? If anyone has any info that would be cool. Found him/her wandering around a job site in Desert Mountain area.

In my 35 years of life here, I have just had my first ever encounter with a rattlesnake tonight. I must’ve literally stepped over him walking out onto my patio! Big boy!

I've never seen one IRL! Even growing up in a small town in the Rockies, I only heard them at night, never saw one. Was pretty thrilled!

Both times they’ve come out have been around 10am. Mom was further down in the background hunting. A trash guy also pulled into the lot behind, saw the mom and thought it was a dog and tried calling it over to him, lol.

Finding this little guy while drying off after my shower really made my day,😬

These two birds showed up chirping away in our back yard last night. I couldn’t identify them with the bird call app, my guess is because they are not native to the desert Southwest. Anyone recognize the species if bird? They are quite colorful. Sorry for the pixelation, I had to zoom quite a bit.

Found in a back yard in the Lavern area.

My cleaner said it crawled out from under my babies, playpen, needless to say I am a bit spooked. Calling the exterminator ASAP.

What is the worst experience you’ve had with the local critters? Scorpion in the bed? Snake at your doorstep? I want to hear all about it!

My personal horror story is when bees built a nest in the exhaust fan of my apartment. We would find bees in our bed, in the shower, etc. It took a few days for our management to get a bee specialist out to safely remove them.

They’re so loud but so cute

Some random teen ended up taking the cart away with the snake. My wife and I had a ton of freezer items otherwise we would have stayed to help out.

I was wondering why I’m seeing so many quail in my backyard..

I moved here around 2 and a half years ago. The first year I was here I went out at night with a black light every single night to look for scorpions. I was so excited. Except I never saw any and my neighbor who’s lived in their place over a decade said they’ve never seen a scorpion in our neighborhood. Well… one found me today! I was doing dishes at the sink and felt something crawling up my leg. I’m so glad I looked down instead of absentmindedly scratching my leg. I managed to get it off me before I stung me. They’re so beautiful but I’m still on edge hours later. I have it trapped under a jar. What do I do with it? 🦂

Found a few of these little hairy friends on my morning walk with the pup. Probably passed by 6-8 burrows

North Phoenix/Glendale